Attachment for wagon-bodies.



G. F. EDGINGTON.

ATTACHMENT FOR WAGON BODIES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 6, 1911.

1,014,579, Patented Jam 9,1912.

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G. F. EDGINGTUN. ATTACHMENT FOR WAGON BODIES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 6. 1911. I

Patented Jan. 9, 1912.

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lnvgantor Attorney thereof can be easily reached, the said at- TEDSTAWENT OFFICE GEORGE F. EDGI NGTON, OF JEFFERSONVILLE, INDIANA.

ATTACHMENT ron wAGon-Bomns.

I Specification 'of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 9,1912.

"Application filed NovemberG, 1911. Serial No. 558,903.

Tb azz 'wlzomz't ma concern: I Be it known t at I, GEORGE F. Engine-TON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jefi'ersonville, in thecounty of Clark and.

State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Attachment forWagon-Bodies, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to attachments for Wagon bodies, one of itsobjects being to provide a box, crate or the like having novel means forconnecting it to the bottom of.

the vehicle body, the various parts being so constructed as to permitthe attachment to swing downwardly and rearwardly from the body whenreleased so that the contents tachment, when in normal position, beingclosed at the top bythe bottom of the vehicle'body..

A further or retracted easvixl y accessible.

ith the foregoing and other objects'in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, theinvention resides in the combination'andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that position, said meansbeing changesv in the precise embodiment of theinvention hereindisclosed can be madewithin'the scope of what is claimed, withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention.

one of t Fig. 3 is'a perspective view of-the attach-4 I ment.- Fig. 4;is a bottom plan view thereof.

Fig.- 5, is a perspective view of one -of the fastening devices; Fig.6is an elevation of thebody. v Referring .toth figures by characters ofrefere'nce-A-design tee a portion of awagon body havingthe usualcross-stripe at the rear end, of the bottom'thereof. p j The attachmentconstituting the present invention includes a receptacle 1 in the form'of '-a' box, crate-or the like, said receptacle being preferalflyprovided-with metal straps object is to provide simple means for holdingthe attachment in closed connections between the box and 2 along thesides of the bottom thereof, each strap being formed with spaced ofi'setpore. :tions 3 and at adapted to receive rods .5 which extendlongitudinally of the body 1 and terminate in arms 6 and 7 arrangedadjacent to the sides of the body 1 and consti-g tuting hangers. Thearms 6 have their upper ends forked, as at 8, andpivotally otherwisesecured to the body A of the vehicle. The upper ends of the arms 7 areconnected to attaching ,plates 9 bolted cries:

also preferably forked as at 10, and are pivotally connected to eyebolts11 or thelike secured to the cross strip a. The arms 7 are;

somewhat longer than the arms 6 and the- W various parts are sopositioned that,,under..- normal conditions, the body 1 of the attach--vl ment bears, at its front, upon the bottom of the body A and is closedthereby, When the body l'is thus disposed, the arms G and, H .7 areextended downwardly and rearwardly from their points of connection withthe ve'-- hicle body and a space is formed between the strip a and, thebody 1.- In order to main tain the attachment in this position fasten"ingmeans such as shown in Figs. 3, 4. and 5 are. employed. Eachfastening device. in-

eludes an attaching block 12 having .a stem 13 journaled therem, therebeing a spacing finger 14 extending from one end of the stem while afinger piece 15 extends from the other end thereof and is preferablybowed, the finger piece and the spacing finger being arranged at rightangles to each other, or substantially so. When the 'finger piece 15bears at its free end upon the body 1, the finger 14 is extended towardand bears against the adjoining face of the cross strip a,'thuspreventing the body 1 fromshifting out of position. When, however, it isdesired to release the box'so that access- Y may be had'conveniently tothe contents thereof, the finger pieces 15 are swung away vfrom the bodylso as to cause the spacing fingers 14 to move toward the body 1, nd

away, from the stri a." As the box is t as free to move towar the stria, the armed -and 7 will swing downwar y and, as arms 7 are, longer thanarms 6,it will be seen that the body 1 will tilt downwardly and assunder the stripe andxwill then swing ro'm under the rear-end ofthevehicle .body'andbe sup orted in an inclined position as'indb v catedy dotted lines in Fig. 1. The to' tents of the bodv 1 can then be; 1reached after which, by pushingon said body, it can be swung backintoits closed position under the vehicle body and held y turning thefinger pieces 15 against the body 1 so as to bringthe spacing fingers 14into contact with the strip a.

It is to be understood of.course 'that the body 1 can be used forvarious purposes, such as carrying tools, poultry, etc., andit is to beunderstood that the said body can be constructed in any manner desired.

What is claimed is g 1. An attachment for vehicle bodies including areceptacle, hangers pivotally con nected thereto and extending close tothe sides thereof, one hanger on each side being longer than the otherhanger, means for pivotally connecting the hangers to a vehicle body,and means on the receptacle for engaging a portion of the body andspacing the receptacle therefrom.

2. An attachment for vehicle bodies, including a receptacle, hangers ofdifferent lengths at each side thereof, said hangers being mounted forswinging movement relative to the receptacle, means for pivotallyconnecting the hangers to a vehicle body, and means on the receptacleand movable relative thereto for engaging a portion of a vehicle body tohold the receptacle in a predetermined position.

3. The combination with a vehicle body having a cross strip adjacent therear end thereof, of a receptacle under the body, hangers at the sidesof the receptacle, the hangers at each side being of 'difierent lengths,each hanger being mounted to swing relative to the receptacle supportedthereby, means for pivotally connecting the hangers to the vehicle bodyand the'cross strip, and means upon the receptacle and shiftable into i4 engagement'with the cross strip to hold the receptacle with its top incontact with the bottom of the vehicle body.

the other hangers,

4. The combination with a vehicle body having a cross strip, of areceptacle, hangers for movably supporting'the receptacle, said hangersconstituting means for holding the receptacle in an inclined positionunderand beyond the cross strip, said receptacle being movable upwardlyinto contact with the bottom of the body, and means upon the re ceptaclefor engaging the cross strip to hold the receptacle in raised position.

5. The combination with a vehicle body I having a cross strip,

of hangers pivotally connected to the body and cross strip, a receptaclepivotally connected to and supported by the hangers, said hangers beingadapted to support the receptacle in an" inclinet. position with aportion thereof projected under and beyond the cross'strip, saidreceptacle bein shiftable upwardly against the bottom 0 the vehiclebody, and means upon the receptacle for engaging the cross strip to holdthe receptacle in elevated position and against the bottom of the body.

6. The combination with a vehicle body having a cross strip, of hangerspivotally connected to the body and cross strip, the hangers on thecross strip being longer than a receptacle movably supported by thehangers and adapted to swing to an inclined position under and beyondthe cross strip, upwardly into contact with the bottom of the body,spacing devices movably connected ,to the receptacle, and means forshifting said devices into engagement'with the cross strip to hold thereceptacle in elevated position.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have heretoaflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE F. EDGINGTON. Witnesses:

ltur'u's A. Rononns, L. M. ALBEN.

said receptacle being movable

